ClearanceBrief
Recall Z-1104-06 ยท LNH System, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc

AIRIS II, Altaire Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging Device Systems

DateJun 10, 2006 (initiated Apr 28, 2006)
StatusTerminated
ReasonSoftware anomaly-A software defect can cause the slice line indicator to become mis-positioned during Multi-Planar Reconstructions (MPR) with the potential for patient mis-diagnosis.
Root causeOther
ActionThe firm''s Field Service personnel will apprise the customers of this situation during scheduled visits at each customer location. During this visit, the corrected software will be installed by the Hitachi Field Service Technician. The installation of the software upgrades by the service technicians began on 4/28/2006. The firm anticipates that the correction of all units in their inventory as well as those units installed out-in-the-field will becompleted by 6/15/2006.
Quantity5
DistributionThe devices were distributed to five (5) customers located in four (4)states: Colorado, Ohio, Nebraska and Texas
FDA recordOpen on fda.gov

510(k) clearances named in this recall

K002420HITACHI ALTAIRE
Hitachi Medical Systems America, Inc., Oct 17, 2000
K974212AIRIS II
Hitachi Medical Systems America, Inc., Feb 9, 1998